'With a cold eye, a boozer's humour, and a reprobate's sense of fat,' noted Griel Marcus, 'thos Cslifornia rounder put LA back on the rock'n'roll map and nearly blew the Malibu singer-songwriter crowd right off it.' (Barney Hoskyns, Waiting for the Sun: Strange days, weird scenes and the sound of Los Angeles pp. 281-2) Iconic, though I still find it hard to believe that I saw him live.
In Home Hill, of all places.
As a "special guest" of the Little River Band.
File under: Singer-Songwriter Noir
Discography: Studio albums Live albums; Collaborations; Compilations
In the music library: Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School The Envoy Excitable Boy Hindu Love Gods Learning to Flinch
Life'll Kill Ya Mr. Bad Example Mutineer My Ride's Here Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings Sentimental Hygiene
Stand in the Fire Transverse City Warren Zevon The Wind
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